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Once she got offstage, she gushed to the Recording Academy: 'That was insane, having Elton John just watch me perform one of his most famous songs ever. That was like so – that was thrilling, and I’m, like, shaking. That was so exciting. It was an honor. He’s a legend. I mean, he’s an icon. He’s like a music god.'

She went on: 'And music, for me, is my one true love, so having someone I’ve looked up to since I was a little kid, and listening to his records, and studying his melodies like they’re the word of God, and then getting to sing one of his songs is just – it’s kind of having me a little bit tongue-tied and speechless.'

On the town: The 31-year-old, who is now dating Brad Ashenfelter, carried a large flower and held hands with Stephen, who performs under his last name

Her outing comes amid her ongoing legal struggle against music producer Dr. Luke, who has denied her accusation that he raped her when she was 18.

Legal documents emerged this week showing that Lady Gaga sat for a deposition late in 2017 and defended Kesha, who is a personal friend of hers.

During the deposition, Gaga began to weep, which her attorney explained as an outcome of 'PTSD reactions which is causing some trauma and emotional reactivity' owing to her own past experience 'a sex abuse survivor,' The Blast reported.

Gaga described when Kesha told her of the alleged assault: 'What we discussed was, what I recall was her immense sadness and depression and fear. She was visibly very different than when I had seen her before, and - but I can’t say specifically what we spoke about. I just recall it was emotional and I wanted to be there for her.'

An attorney for Dr. Luke (ne Lukasz Gottwald), asked at one point if Gaga had any 'personal knowledge' of the situation beyond what she had heard from Kesha.

'Well, you know – when men assault women, they don’t invite people over to watch,' retorted Gaga, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2016 for a song called Til It Happens To You about sexual abuse.

In the past, Gaga has also repeated a rumor that Dr. Luke raped Katy Perry - a claim that both Katy and Dr. Luke have denied under oath.

'She's, you know, sort of thrown my name in while trying to promote a song for her Oscar called [Til It Happens To You], about like - I think about some sort of college rape, date rape thing,' Dr. Luke said in a 2017 deposition.